Good 41º dark cloudy raining morning. We got about 1/2" rain
yesterday and the temps never got above the 40ºs.
There is a little snow up on the Siskiyou Summit...
This is my desktop wallpaper.... Times Square...
Nice to see blue sky!!!
Yesterday was slow and go. I had purchased this potato baking bag...
I put one yam in it, on high in the microwave 4 minutes, removed it and let
it cool... OMGOSH! It cooked perfectly! When it was cool I peeled and cut it
up.....
I LOVE yams and they are sooooo good for you too. Lots of fiber. I like
them chunky and cold with plain yogurt, mixed in with other veggies, and
sometimes you can just sauteé the cut up pieces in a little butter. OH
YUMMY!!!
You can cook up to 3 russet or yams in the bag at a time. What a super
item!!!
Since its Pumpkin season, how about this for
breakfast...
Pumpkin Pie French Toast
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 t. vanilla
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. ginger
1/8 t. cloves
1/8 t. nutmeg
2 T. brown sugar
8 slices bread
1. Mix eggs, milk,pumpkin puree, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves,
nutmeg, and brown sugar in a bowl for easy dipping.
2. Heat a pan over medium heat.
3. Dip bread into egg mixture on both sides and grill in pan
until lightly brown about 2-3 minutes each side.
Special birthday today... high school pal Del (Easton) Graves
hubby Tom is celebrating today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!
Historically this date...
1860 – Abraham Lincoln, the former
Illinois congressman defeated three other candidates for the U.S.
presidency.
1935
– Parker Brothers acquires the
forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth
Magie.
..................as you can see I have a MONOPOLY board
collection. My original was our family's with wooden 'hotels' and 'houses' and
metal playing objects...
1944 – Plutonium is first produced at
the Hanford Atomic Facility and
subsequently used in the Fat
Man atomic
bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
And births
this date include....
1854 – John Philip Sousa, American
composer (d. 1932)
1946 – Sally
Field, American actress (and a
Bull-shillary Clintoon supporter!)
Later it was reruns for dinner, chair, wine, TV... CSI Miami, a Hallmark Christmas movie, and Rookie Blue. Still getting used to time change.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Monday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
November 6th
National Nachos Day
The History of Nachos
Nachos are an example of necessity being the mother of
invention.
As the story goes, in 1943 a group of Army wives from Fort
Duncan, in Eagle Pass Texas, had gone over the border to Piedras Negros Mexico
on a shopping trip. By the time they arrived at the Victory Club restaurant,
thekitchen was closed.
But the accommodating maitre d'hotel, Iganacio "Nacho" Anaya
(Nacho is the nickname for Ignacio) threw together a snack for the ladies from
what was available in the kitchen: tortillas and cheese. He cut the tortillas
into triangles, added shredded cheese, quickly heated them and garnished the
dish with sliced jalapeño.
When asked what the tasty dish was called, he answered,"Nacho
especiales"... Nacho's Special.
Food Trivia:
In Mexico, nachos are called totopos, the word for tortilla
chips.
LOL:
